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Prime Minister's Office
PM delivers inaugural address at 2nd Khelo India National Winter Games
Sports has been given a place of pride in the recent National Education Policy: PM
Exhorts young sportspersons to remember that they are the brand ambassadors of Aatmnirbhar Bharat
Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi delivered the inaugural address at 2nd Khelo India National Winter Games through video conference.
Speaking on the occasion, the Prime Minister said the second edition of Khelo India-Winter Games is starting from today. This is a major step towards making Jammu and Kashmir a major hub with India's effective presence in the Winter Games. He conveyed his best wishes to the players of Jammu and Kashmir and all the players from all over the country. He remarked that the number of players participating in this winter games from various states have doubled which demonstrates the increasing enthusiasm towards Winter Games. He said the experience from this winter games would help the players while participating in winter olympics. He said winter games in Jammu & Kashmir would help in developing a new sporting ecosystem. He said this event would instill new spirit and enthusiasm in the tourism sector in Jammu & Kashmir. He said sports has become an area in which countries of the world project their soft power.
The Prime Minister said that sports has a global dimension and this vision has been guiding the recent reforms in the sports ecosystem. There is a holistic approach from the Khelo India Campaign to Olympic Podium stadium. Hand holding of sports professionals is being done from recognition of talent at grassroot level to bringing them to the highest global platform. From talent recognition to team selection, transparency is the government’s priority. Dignity of sportspeople, and recognition of their contribution is being ensured, said the Prime Minister.
The Prime Minister asserted that sports has been given a place of pride in the recent National Education Policy. Sports, which was considered extra-curricular activity earlier is now being treated as part of the curriculum and grading in sports will be counted in the education of the children. The Prime Minister informed that Institutes of Higher education and Sports University are being established for sports. He emphasized the need to take sports sciences and sports management to the school level as that will improve the career prospects of the youth and will enhance India's presence in the sports economy.
Shri Modi exhorted the young sportspersons to remember that they are the brand ambassadors of Aatmnirbhar Bharat. The world evaluates India through their performance in the sports arena, concluded the Prime Minister.
Ministry of Defence
Curtain Raiser – Beating the Retreat 2019
This year, Indian tunes will be the flavour of ‘Beating the Retreat’ ceremony, here tomorrow. As many as 27 performances on the historic Vijay Chowk will enthral the spectators with captivating and foot-tapping music of the bands from the Army, the Navy, the Air Force and the State Police and Central Armed Police Force . Out of the 27 performances, 19 tunes have been composed by Indian musicians, which are ‘Indian Star’, ‘Paharonki Rani’, ‘KumaoniGeet’, ‘Jai Janam Bhumi’, ‘Queen of Satpura’, ‘Marooni’, ‘Vijay’, ‘Soldier-My Valentine’, ‘Bhupal’, ‘Vijay Bharat’, ‘Aakash Ganga’, ‘Gangotri’, ‘Namaste India’, ‘Samudrika’, ‘Jai Bharat’, ‘Young India’, ‘Veerta Ki Misal’, ‘Amar Senani’ and ‘Bhumiputra’. The 8 western tune will be ‘Fanfare by Buglers’, ‘Sound Barrier’, ‘Emblazoned’, ‘Twilight’, ‘Alert ’, ‘Space Flight’, ‘Drummers Call’ and ‘Abide with me’. The event will come to a close with the ever-popular tune of ‘Sare Jahan se Acha’.
The ceremony at the Vijay Chowk on January 29th every year marks the culmination of the four-day-long Republic Day celebrations. This year, 15 Military Bands, 15 Pipes and Drums Bands from Regimental Centres and Battalions are participating in Beating the Retreat ceremony. Besides one each of Indian Navy and Indian Air Force band will also form part of the event. Another band of the State Police and CAPF comprising Central Industrial Security Force, Central Reserve Police Force and Delhi Police will also take part.
The principal conductor of Beating the Retreat ceremony will be Cdr Vijay D’Cruzwhile Army Military bands conductor will be Sub Parwinder Singh and the Navy and Air Force band conductors will be Master Chief Petty Officer Vincent Johnson and Junior Warrant Officer Ashok Kumar respectively. The conductor of the State Police and CAPF bands will be Insp Ganesh Dutt Pandey. Buglers will perform under the leadership of Sub Digar Singh and pipes and drums bands will play under the instructions of Sub Maj Dev Singh Thapa.
‘Beating the Retreat’ has emerged as an event of national pride when the Colours and Standards are paraded. The ceremony traces its origins to the early 1950s when Major Roberts of the Indian Army indigenously developed the unique ceremony of display by the massed bands. ‘Beating Retreat’ marks a centuries old military tradition, when the troops ceased fighting, sheathed their arms and withdrew from the battlefield and returned to the camps at sunset at the sounding of the Retreat. Colours and Standards are cased and flags lowered. The ceremony creates nostalgia for the times gone by.
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Ministry of Micro,Small & Medium Enterprises
Shri Narayan Rane launches the revamped CGTMSE Scheme
Shri Rane calls upon lending institutions to make best use of liberalisation to ensure enhanced lending to the MSE Segment without insisting for collateral
Union Minister for MSME Shri Narayan Rane launched the revamped CGTMSE Scheme in Mumbai today. CGTMSE has been provided with an additional corpus support of ₹9,000 crore in the Union Budget for FY 2023-24 to revamp its Scheme to provide guarantee for additional ₹2 lakh crore to Micro & Small Enterprises. Accordingly, the major revamp measures were launched and disseminated to the lending institutions. The modifications included reduction in guarantee fees for loans upto ₹1 crore by 50% bringing the minimum guarantee fee to the level of 0.37% pa only. Another major change announced was raising of ceiling for guarantee from ₹2 crore to ₹ 5 crore and enhancing the threshold limit for claim settlement without initiation of legal action to ₹10 lakh.
While launching the revamp measures Shri Narayan Rane impressed upon the lending institutions to make best use of liberalisation to ensure enhanced lending to the MSE Segment without insisting for collateral. He expressed confidence that such measures would enthuse bankers to reduce their dependence on availability of collateral security which continues to be a problem for MSEs, especially the first generation entrepreneurs.
Speaking on the occasion, Secretary ,Shri B B Swain apprised that CGTMSE was also collaborating with various State Governments for enhanced guarantee coverage for MSEs in respective States. He exuded confidence that all policy level modifications, along with other initiatives being taken by CGTMSE, would result in greater utilisation of guarantee mechanism.
Shri S Ramann, Chairman and Managing Director, SIDBI  said that CGTMSE has been taking various initiatives which aims at boosting credit flow to MSEs by making the guarantee Scheme attractive for both MSEs as well as for the lenders. He also indicated that CGTMSE would come out with more schemes and assured the lenders that it would always be nimble footed in responding to their requirements.
Banks which had best utilised the guarantee Scheme were felicitated by the Union Minister. Senior executives of banks and NBFCs appreciated the changes being brought in the Scheme and expressed confidence that these measures will go a long way in facilitating collateral free lending to MSEs in the country and thus to create employment in a big way.
During the function it was announced that CGTMSE will collaborate with National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises , Hyderabad for setting up a Centre of Financial Inclusion for MSME.
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Ministry of Defence
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande takes over as Commander-In-Chief of Andaman & Nicobar Command Tomorrow;
Current Commander-In-Chief Lieutenant General Podali Shankar Rajeshwar retires today
Lieutenant General Manoj Pande, AVSM, VSM, will take over as the15th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command  on 01 Jun 2020" and not as rendered. An alumnus of National Defence Academy, the General Officer was commissioned into the Corps of Engineers  in December 1982. He is a graduate of Staff College, Camberley  and attended the Higher Command Course at Army War College, Mhow and National Defence College  at Delhi.
During his 37 years of distinguished service, the General Officer has taken active part in Operation Vijay and Parakram. He commanded an Engineer Regiment along the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir, an Engineer Brigade as part of the Strike Corps, an Infantry Brigade along the Line of Control, a Mountain Division in High Altitude Area of Western Ladakh and a Corps deployed along the Line of Actual Control  as also in Counter Insurgency Operations area in the North East. He has tenanted important staff assignments and was posted as Chief Engineer at the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. He was Director General at Army Headquarters dealing with subjects of Discipline, Ceremonial and Welfare, prior to assuming the present appointment.
Meanwhile Lieutenant General Podali Shankar Rajeshwar PVSM, AVSM, VSM, ADC, the 14th Commander-in-Chief of the Andaman & Nicobar Command  retired from service on 31st May 2020. He left a glorious legacy and many milestones in his distinguished career spanning four decades. He had taken over the appointment on 01 Dec 19.
During his tenure as CINCAN, Lieutenant General Rajeshwar focused on enhancing the operational preparedness of ANC. The 29th edition of the Indo-Thai Coordinated Patrol  was successfully conducted from 13th to 21st February 2020 during his Command.
Under Lieutenant General Rajeshwar’s directions, the personnel and assets of the Command actively coordinated and worked together with the Andaman and Nicobar Administration in dealing with the Corona pandemic and providing succour to the populace across the length and breadth of the islands.
For his distinguished service, Lieutenant General Rajeshwar had been awarded the Param Vishisht Seva Medal  on 26th January 2020 and appointed as an Honorary Aide-de-Camp  to the President of India in November 2019.
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Ministry of Finance
Officers Of Directorate General Of GST Intelligence , Ahmedabad With The Support Of Officers Of Local Central GST Initiated Search Operations In Kanpur
On specific intelligence, officers of Directorate General of GST Intelligence , Ahmedabad with the support of officers of local Central GST initiated search operations in Kanpur on 22.12.2021. The search operations covered the factory premises of M/s Trimurti Fragrance Pvt Ltd, Kanpur, manufacturers of Shikhar brand Pan Masala and Tobacco products and the office/godowns of M/s Ganpati Road Carriers, Transport Nagar, Kanpur, involved in transportation of goods.
The information indicated clandestine supply of goods by the manufacturer without payment of applicable tax. The transporter reportedly used to generate multiple invoices in the name of non-existent firms, all below Rs 50,000/- for one full truck load, to avoid generation of E-way Bills while moving the goods. The transporter was also collecting the sale proceeds of such clandestine supply in cash and handing it over to the manufacturer, after deducting his commission.
The officers initially were able to successfully intercept and seize 4 such trucks outside the factory premises, cleared from the factory without invoices and E-way Bills, which confirmed the contents of intelligence.
In the factory premises, during physical stock taking, shortage of raw materials and finished products was noticed as the finished products had been cleared clandestinely. The authorised signatory of the company has admitted to have cleared the goods without GST.
In the premises of the transporter, M/s Ganpati Road Carriers, more than 200 fake invoices used in the past for transportation of goods without payment of GST have been recovered. The transporter has also admitted that goods were being transported without e-way bills under the cover of fake invoices and also the sale proceeds was being collected in cash, to be handed over to the manufacturer. An amount of Rs 1.01 crores in cash has been seized from the possession of transporter.
Based on the intelligence inputs, the residential premises of partners of M/s Odochem Industries, Kannauj, UP, located at 143, Anandpuri, Kanpur, who were supplying perfumery compound, mostly in cash, to the said company was also searched. It was suspected that the sale proceeds in cash were secreted in the premises.
During the search proceedings at the residential premises, huge amount of cash, wrapped in paper, has been found. The process of counting of cash has been initiated with the help of officials of State Bank of India, Kanpur, which may continue till 24.12.2021, evening. The total amount of cash is expected to be in excess of Rs 150 crores.
The agency proposes to seize the cash under the provisions of section 67 of CGST Act, pending further investigations.
An amount of Rs 3.09 crores has been recovered so far towards tax dues. Necessary follow up action in the ongoing investigation of sensitive nature is being organised.
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Competition Commission of India
CCI approves proposed combination involving Eros Plc, STX and Marco
The Competition Commission of India  approves the proposed combination involving Eros International Plc , STX Filmworks Inc  and Marco Alliance Limited .
Eros Plc is a company incorporated in the Isle of Man, with its shares listed on the New York Stock Exchange. It is a global Indian entertainment company that acquires, coproduces, and distributes films  across all available formats such as cinema, television, and digital new media. Eros Plc also owns and operates the Over-The-Top platform ‘Eros Now’.
STX is a fully-integrated global media company specialising in the production, marketing and distribution of talent-driven motion pictures, television and multimedia content. STX has an indirect presence in India by way of licensing of certain films to Indian distributors. Marco is a company organised and existing under the laws of the British Virgin Islands and is an investment holding company. Marco is controlled by HonyCapital, which is an investment management firm that specialises in private equity buyout and expands into areas including real estate, hedge fund, mutual fund and innovation investment.
In a two-step transaction, it is proposed that an indirectly wholly owned subsidiary of Eros Plc will merge into STX, with STX continuing to be the surviving entity. In the second step, the Hony Group, through Marco, an existing investor in STX, will subscribe to certain shares of the merged entity.
With the completion of the transaction, it is expected that Eros, STX and Marco will directly or indirectly acquire an economic and voting interest along with certain other rights, in the combined entity.
A detailed order of the CCI will follow.
Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment
'Autism Conclave' organised at National Institute of Social Defence 
National Trust for the Welfare of Persons with Autism, Cerebral Palsy, Intellectual Disability and Multiple Disability, a statutory body under Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities , Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India organised 'Autism Conclave' at National Institute of Social Defence , Dwarka, New Delhi on 30th may 2023 in which various experts, professionals, role models and parents of persons with Autism participated. The conclave was inaugurated by Sh. Rajesh Aggarwal, Secretary, Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities  and persons in the field like Dr. Sheffali Gulati, Head, Child Neurology Department, AIIMS, Delhi, Dr. Nimesh Desai, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist and Former Head IBHAS, Delhi, Ms. Merry Barua, Action for Autism etc. participated. The conclave was attended by more than 120 Professionals, Parents of persons with Autism and Experts.
The Secretary, DEPwD in his inaugural address said that Awareness, Accessibility and Affordability are the 3 factors which need to be addressed in order to improve the quality of life of Divyangjan. He emphasized the need for convergence among all departments of DEPwD working in the sector. He also said that the phrase ‘ Nothing about us without us’ is very much relevant for making any initiative for Divyangjan, as they are the real persons who can give input about their need.
The main highlight of the conclave was the speech given by Mr. Tarun Paul Mathew, a non-verbal teenager with Autism, Typer- Communicator and Free thinker and Ms. Rakshita Shekhar, a person with Autism and a Purple Ambassador. Mr. Tarun Paul expressed his views by writing whiling Ms. Rakshita Shekhar informed that she made her speech by collecting views of several Persons with Autism.
Dr. Shefali Gulati, Head, Child Neurology Dept., AIIMS Delhi informed about various global research taking place in Autism and said that alongwith taking care of Persons with Autism, there is a need to take care of Parents also, who often develop neurological issues while caring their child. Dr. Nimesh Desai, Consultant Psychiatrist and Former Director, IHBAS Delhi shared his long experience on working with Persons with Autism and said that different way of thinking of these persons need to be educated to the community so that these persons are integrated in the society. Ms. Merry Barua, Director, Action for Autism, Delhi stressed the need for community awareness on the issue. Col.  Aparajita Gupta, Associate Professor, Army Hospital Delhi said that Persons with Autism have hidden talents which need to be recognized by all of us.
Other speakers also expressed similar views and requested the audience to sensitize the community on the special characteristics of Persons with Autism. The experts also said that Parents of these persons should not shy on taking their children outside their house and trained them to associate themselves with their peers and in the community.
Ministry of Power
Steps taken to ensure smooth supply of coal to power plants
The Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy has informed that the Percentage of electricity generation accounted from coal is as given below:
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Year
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Total Electricity Generation 
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Generation from Coal 
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Percentage Generation from Coal
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2023-24 
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437848.64
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315384.29
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72.06 %
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2022-23
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1624465.61
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1145907.58
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70.54 %
The Minister informed that the Government has taken following steps to ensure smooth coal supply to power plants for unhindered power generation:
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To address the issues of coal supplies to power sector, an Inter-Ministerial Sub Group comprising of representatives from Ministries of Power, Ministry of Coal, Ministry of Railways, Central Electricity Authority , Coal India Limited  and Singareni Collieries Company Limited  meets regularly to take various operational decisions to enhance supply of coal to thermal power plants as well as for meeting any contingent situations relating to Power Sector including to alleviate critical coal stock position in power plants.
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An inter-ministerial Secretary-level meeting is held regularly to monitor coal stocks.
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As per Railways, during 2022-23, the net induction of coal carrying wagons was about 8800 . During 2023-24, the likely net induction of coal carrying rakes would be about 200 rakes, which could provide additional 50 rakes/day for coal loading. The expected increase in annual coal transportation capacity on account of wagon induction would be about 70 Million Tonnes . Similarly, likely net induction of coal carrying rakes in 2024-25 is about 250 rakes, which could provide additional 60 rakes/day. The expected increase in annual coal transportation capacity on account of wagon induction would be about 85 MT.
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Railways have identified 40 projects for augmentation of coal evacuation. Out of 40 projects, 17 projects have already been completed and 23 projects are in progress. Out of 23 projects, it is expected that about 18 projects would be completed by 2026-27.
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According to Railways, likely increase in coal transportation capacity during 2023-24 and 2024-25 is about 185 MT.
This information has been given by the Union Minister for Power and New & Renewable Energy Shri R. K. Singh, in a written reply to a question, in Lok Sabha on August 10, 2023.
Ministry of Health and Family Welfare
Principal Secretary to Hon’ble Prime Minister chairs high level meeting to review current status and preparedness for COVID-19
In view of the recent reports of detection of certain newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus reported globally, Dr. P.K. Mishra, Principal Secretary to Hon’ble Prime Minister chaired a high-level meeting to review the global and national COVID-19 situation, newer variants in circulation and their public health impact.
The meeting was attended by Dr. Vinod Paul, Member, NITI Aayog; Shri. Rajiv Gauba, Cabinet Secretary; Shri. Amit Khare, Advisor PMO; Shri. Sudhansh Pant, Secretary, Health and Family Welfare; Shri. Rajiv Bahl, Secretary DHR and DG ICMR; Shri. Rajesh S. Gokhale, Secretary, Biotechnology and Ms. Punya Salila Srivastava, Additional Secretary to PM.
An overview of the global COVID-19 situation was given by Secretary  including certain newer variants of SARS-CoV-2 virus like BA.2.86  and EG.5 , which have been reported globally. He underlined that as per World Health Organization , while EG.5  has been reported from over 50 countries, the variant BA.2.86  is in four countries.
It was highlighted that while globally a total of 2,96,219 new cases of COVID-19 were reported in the past 7 days, India which contributes to nearly 17% of global population, has reported only 223 cases  in the past week. He added that the daily average of new COVID-19 cases continues to be below 50 from the entire country and the country has managed to maintain weekly test positivity rate of less than 0.2%. An overview of the Genome Sequencing of different variants circulating in India was also provided.
After detailed deliberations, Dr. P. K. Mishra highlighted that while the COVID-19 situation in the country remains stable and public health systems in the country remain geared up, there is need for States to monitor trends of ILI/SARI cases, send sufficient samples for testing of Covid-19 while ramping up Whole Genome Sequencing and maintain close watch on the new global variants.